Use these words in a sentence. Halcyon – (adj) [hal-see-uhn] calm; peaceful; tranquil; happy; joyful; carefree (The old man liked to think back to the halcyon days of his youth.)

Miserly – (adj) [mahy-zer-lee] stingy; mean. (Ebenezer Scrooge is a famous example of a miserly man.)

Bolster – (v) [bohl-ster] support; reinforce; add. (After they lost the game, the coach tried to bolster the team’s spirits by taking the players for ice cream.)

Prolific – (adj) [pruh-lif-ik] abundantly fruitful; producing in large quantities or with great frequency. (Shakespeare was a very prolific playwright.)

Terse – (adj) [turs] concise; pithy; brief. (After his loss in court, the lawyer was very terse in his response to the media’s questions.)

Aspire – (v) [uh-spahyuhr] seek to attain; long for. (Some young girls and boys aspire to be astronauts.)

Esoteric – (adj) [es-uh-ter-ik] hard to understand; known only to the chosen few.